She was also someone who'd been kidnapped, had her eyes gouged out of their sockets, and abandoned by both kidnappers and her family. Then Naruto had rescued her, she'd been kidnapped AGAIN, suffered experimentation that had restored her eyesight, and was now training in a style of martial arts that made use of the fact that she was now part-tiger.
Which made it very good for her was that she had a scroll detailing the Tiger Kung Fu Style.
Embuing her claws with chakra, she could slice into things. Once she was better though, she could combine the claws together through her chakra - making them essentially twin curved shortswords that could carve through almost everything. Which would make her a formidable warrior.
Maito Gai was helping her on the times when he was available. You could only learn so much from a scroll after all, and it couldn't correct your stances.
She was still short and slender despite having tigerish qualities, her basic look hadn't changed much at all. Her teeth seemed to look whiter and sharper. The ears atop her head looked more housecat than tiger. Both ears and tail were the same blue-black as her hair. If one looked beneath her clothing, one could see a faint stripe-pattern along her skin that was a few shades different from the rest of her skin tone. Her nails were narrower and thicker.
Her eyes though, those were as striking as they'd been when she'd been a Hyuga. They were golden, without visible whites, surrounding dark round pupils. Surrounding those eyes were dark lines that further brought attention to them. There were many in Konoha who would have trouble meeting that gaze.
Once at Ichiraku's, Naruto had pronounced them cute.
Hinata liked her eyes. She liked Naruto's better, feeling that they were more expressive and that she could watch their azure depths for hours at a time. Yet she DID like her eyes, because she could see very well in low light levels and could see very clearly and in detail.
She could also watch Naruto with those eyes, which usually brought her a sense of peace and contentment.
"Oh my gosh," said Naruto, spoiling the moment. "What did you say?!"
"That someone was kidnapped," said the Third Hokage, glancing towards Hinata. "We're checking into it now."
Hinata felt her chest clench, wondering if it were the same sort of people who were responsible for her having a tail.
"Who was it?" asked Naruto. "Was it anyone I know?"
The Third hesitated and nodded. "It was:"
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